J. Craig Venter Retiring from Human Longevity

J. Craig Venter is retiring as the CEO of San Diego-based Human Longevity, Inc., about five months after reassuming the role.

In December, Venter was reappointed as CEO of Human Longevity, a company he also co-founded. He replaced Cynthia Collins, who held the role for less than a year.

“I am retiring from HLi and will be returning to the J Craig Venter institute to continue my work,” wrote Venter on Twitter May 24.

The nonprofit genomics research institute was founded by Venter. Scientists, led by the institute, are working on a five-year project with the U.S. Department of Energy to substantially increase oil, or lipid production, in hopes of spurring next-generation biofuels and bioproducts.

Requests to Human Longevity for further information and comment the morning of May 25 went unanswered.

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